Short amplicon microsatellite markers for low quality elephant DNA

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 491-494

  Ishida, Yasuko ^a   Demeke, Yirmed ^b   van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J ^c   Georgiadis, Nicholas J ^d   Leggett, Keith E A ^e,f   Fox, Virginia E ^g   Roca, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Wildlife for Sustainable Development   (Ethiopia)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Bole and Klingenstein Foundation   (United States)

^e Namibian Elephant and Giraffe Trust   (Namibia)

^f UNSW Arid Zone Research Station   (Australia)

^g Elephant Human Relations Aid   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fecal samples; Forest elephants; Ivory; Savanna elephants; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892836082     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9582-5     Document Type: Article

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